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Meaning Of Secant
a.
Cutting; divivding into two parts; as, a secant line.
a.
A line that cuts another; especially, a straight line
cutting a curve in two or more points.
a.
A right line drawn from the center of a circle through one
end of a circular arc, and terminated by a tangent drawn from the other
end; the number expressing the ratio line of this line to the radius of
the circle. See Trigonometrical function, under Function.